As done onstage by
Gibby Haynes of the
Butthole Surfers:
One high-hat, top half removed;
One hand, hairless
One cigarette
One lighter
One felt mallet
One wet towel (optional)
One six-pack of rubbing alcohol
With hand over cymbal, pour alcohol over hand and light hand and pool of alcohol in cymbal. Pour more alcohol over hand. Light cigarette with flaming hand. Enjoy. Snuff hand out in towel if painful (if not hairless, the hairs act as a wick). While puffing away, pour remainder of bottle on the cymbal pyre. Puff some more...
Wha-bam! whack the cymbal with the mallet, causing the previously tepid alcohol flame to form a 16 feet pillar in the air. Repeat, repeat, repeat!
DO NOT try this at home without sober adult supervision. And GO OUTSIDE.